Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't S8 (the all-star) airing in early 2004? TAR 5 may well premiere right after S8's finale or reasonably close to it (and probably end up in the Thursday 8PM slot as well). April sounds like the best estimate.

There are two documents one with all the rules and directions and one with the actual application.
If someone wants to use them to plan their application, you may be OK, but there's always a chance that the final version when and if it is officially released may have differences. So I would use them with extreme caution.